Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 04:27:09 04/29/04
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On April 28, 2004 at 21:28:42, Mike Byrne wrote: >On April 28, 2004 at 17:55:17, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On April 28, 2004 at 17:39:58, George Tsavdaris wrote: >> >>>On April 28, 2004 at 16:45:55, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>>On April 28, 2004 at 14:30:13, Chris Taylor wrote: >>>> >>>>>The latest and greatest did really well, in the last computer contest. So, will >>>>>a Windows version (XP or lesser) be made ready for buying? >>>> >>>>I currently do not sell diep. So it is not commercial. Selling winboard versions >>>>would be like getting paid 1 euro an hour, so it is not worth the effort. There >>>>are however plans to release a diep version for windows + interface end of 2004. >>>> >>>>This time i would only sell a few versions of diep when there is a clear update >>>>system online for it. So that everything works transparant. Such systems are not >>>>there yet. >>>> >>>>So if released diep will run in its own interface, the engine cannot be loaded >>>>in others of course (like fritz cannot get either). >>> >>> This would cost you many customers. Many people want the Chess engines for >> >>You mean like 10 CCC guys who i can miss as a toothache anyway. >> >>>playing tournaments inside Chessbase GUI and they are very lazy to play by hand >>>in a non-automatic way, the moves. So you can create a Diep that will play it's >>>own interface and a Diep-winboard compatible. Like Chessmaster 8000/9000. >> >>I do not know a single chessmaster user who gives a shit for those features. >> >>I do realize a handful of nerds here does, but you can't earn money on nerds. >> >>>>If i would do that i would >>>>be busy fulltime now avoiding all tricks to win from opponents in other ways >>>>than sportive ones. In that respect the computer chess world is so so sick, >>>>thanks to a few companies and 'testers' who tolerated for payment everything, >>>>that i will not even start a discussion about it. >>>> >>>>>I have my credit card ready? I can even send a postal order, or cheque! >>>>>It will make a nice addition to an already growing pile of Chess Stuff! >>>> >>>>Thanks for the encouragement! >>>> >>>>>Nuff said. >>>>> >>>>>Chris > > >There are millions of nerds and more than a few thousand nerds buy chess >programs - esp winboard/uci compatible engines. > >In our house ( you have to understand my son plays ice hockey - which is about >as far from chess as one get), we have a advertiser flyer (junk mail) posted on >the refrigerator. It was from a manufacturer of hockey equipment and skates >with a few of their products pictured on the front. Gloves, helmet and skates. > >It reads "Everything you need to avoid being inducted into the Chess Hall of >Fame". > >Since hockey and chess absorb so much of my free time, we got a big kick out of >it and saved it. When friends visit, it is always good for a few laughs. So as >one can see, chess has been in Nerdville for quite some time. Even if it was 1000 nerds, you can't make a living from 1000 nerds.
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